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qwen/qwen3-8b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3 · 8B · 4bit

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.5-35b-a3b-uncensored-hauhaucs-aggressive

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_M

Good

Apr 21, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

Global Score
89 vs 71
Hardware Fit
95 vs 92
Quality Score
87 vs 62

Hardware

qwen/qwen3-8b qwen3.5-35b-a3b-un…
MachineMac miniMac Studio
CPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Max
Cores1412
RAM64 GB96 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Max
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3-8b qwen3.5-35b-a3b-un…
Tokens/sec33.459.8
First chunk257 ms5 ms
TTFT257 ms2.4 s
Load timeN/A8.5 s
Memory usage4.3 GB0.4 GB
Memory %7%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3-8b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5-35b-a3b-uncenso…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
12/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen/qwen3-8b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5-35b-a3b-uncenso…

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
8/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
6/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Adequate
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